This unsigned print was published by Johann Schöffer (lived approximately 1468-1531) as part of a collection of illustrations inspired by ancient Roman history. In...
Thomas Godfrey’s Prince of Parthia has a complicated legacy. It is credited as being the first theatrical play written and performed by Americans. Yet,...
Govert Flinck (1615-1660) is attributed with painting this darkly-colored copy of an earlier artwork by Carel Fabritius (1622-1654). Both the original and the copy...
Benjamin Franklin (c. 1706-1790)
"The learned fool writes his nonsense in better languages than the unlearned; but still it is nonsense."
From Poor Richard's Almanac by Benjamin...
Quote attributed to the Althing Lawspeaker, Skapti Thoroddson (in Grettir's Saga)
"Many a man's death has come through overconfidence."
Spoken by Lawspeaker Skapti Thoroddson in...
This peculiar illustration, created by the German artist Johann Wilhelm Baur (c. 1600-1642), recreates a sad myth about the Heliades—a name given to the...
Around the year 587, three dukes formulated a dangerous conspiracy against King Childebert II of Austrasia (r. 575-595). Two of the conspirators were Berthefried...
